Chapter Two - Sanctuary Entrance

This mission will start off with some instructions from your new blond, female friend. You'll know her name now -- it's Claudia -- and you'll also know that her gigantic friend is referred to as a Golem. To proceed into the Sanctuary, you'll need to find four shards that will allow you to create a whole crystal. Only with that whole crystal in hand will you be able to get through the Sanctuary entrance, which will frustrate you, since you are literally right there. C'est la vie -- it's time to get searching for this elusive fragments.

It's time to take Claudia's advice and start searching for those crystal shards. There's only a single place in which you can progress right now. Move towards the screen and then bear leftward and up a staircase. This staircase is overgrown with all sorts of foliage and other debris, but you should be able to make your way up and through a half-destroyed barrier. Once through the barrier, you'll be assaulted by a crew of Lesser Lycanthropes. Take care of these guys quickly. Although you don't have much room with which to maneuver, you should still be able to wallop these guys. After all, you've killed what seems to have been a couple of hundred of them already.

Following the defeat of the first enemies you encounter here, it's time to find the first collectible on this stage. It comes in the form of a scroll. Work your way to the far end of the small arena where you did battle with the Lesser Lycanthropes, and then swing rightward. Clear as day, directly underneath a hand-hold you'll need to use to continue, you'll find a dead body. Search it for the scroll, and then climb up to the platform above it, where you'll be able to use a whip hook to swing to your left, onto the next platform. Keep in mind that part of the bridge that leads to the whip hook will crumble en route, so try to get your jump off before it does.

Once you've crossed over the gap with the whip hook, you'll once again find yourself under attack from another, meatier group of Lesser Lycanthropes. Worry not, though, because even though you'll be under attack from plenty of targets in a small space, you still have what it takes to easily survive. Switch to Light Magic if you need to heal yourself throughout the fight. When the fight has run its course, you can find the first of four crystals, glowing purple, in a nook on the southern end of the platform. Activate it before proceeding.